Band-conveying and adhesive-supplying means for cigar-banding machines



Dec. 27, 1927.

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F. X. MALOCSAY BAND CONVEYING AND ADHESIVE SUPPLYING MEANS FOR CIGAR BANDING MACHINES Filed July 9, 1921. 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 2am v 5a 5a 45 4077 2a Dec. 27, 1927. 1,653,647

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UNITED STATES 1,653,647 PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS X. MALOCSAY, OF UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR 'IO INTER- NATIONAL BANDING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

BAND-CONVEYING AND ADHESIVE-SUPPLYING MEANS FOR OIGAR-IBANDING MACHINES.

Application filed July 9,

This invention relates to a. means adapted to be used on cigar banding machines and especially banding machines of the characterdisclosed in my application for patent, Se-

rial No. 483,462. filed July 9, 1921.

The object of the invention is to provide an attachment to the cigar banding machine which will act to remove successive cigar bands from a cigar band stack and carry the same to mechanism which folds these bands about the cigar.

A further object of the invention is to provide means which will pick successive cigar bands from a band stack and carry the same and which will simultaneously supply adhesive to the bands carried by it so that the adhesive removed by the bands can be used in aflixing said bands about the cigars.

lVith these objects and other objects which may hereinafter appear in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a banding machine provided with my improved band conveying and adhesive supplying mechanism.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a portion of a cigar banding machine showing my improved mechanism.

Figure 3 is a cross sectional view of the water reservoir showing the moisture supplying roller and the adj acentparts.

Figure 4 is a front elevation of one of the notched supporting pins.

Figure 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the strip-feeding mechanism and moisture-supplying means, and

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view of the band conveying mechanism and adhesive-supplying means.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts.

In the accompanying drawings, 1 have shown my improved band-conveying and adhesive supplying mechanism as applied to a banding machine of a type wherein is provided a frame 1 having bearings 2 and 3 in which is mounted the drive shaft 4 on 1921. Serial No. 483,464.

which is fixed a pulley 5 driven by a belt 6 from any suitable source of ower. On the drive shaft 4 is fixed a worm which meshes with and drives a worm gear 8 fixed on a, shaft 9.

At 10 is a vertically reciprocating shaft having an arm 11 fixed on its upper end and carried thereby. At the end of the arm 11 is fixed a foot 12 which strikes against a cigar resting upon a pivoted cigar support 13 on downward movement of the foot 12 bringing said cigar down on a cigar platen 14 where a cigar band is applied by band wrapping fingers 15 and 16 over which extend wrapping tapes 17 which are tensioned by springs 18.

Fixed on the shaft 10 and carried thereby is the band-stack supporting arm 19 which is bent around to the front of the ma chine and carries the band magazine 20.

It will be seen from the foregoing that the band stack 21 carried in the band magazine 20 is carried up and down by the shaft 10. On its upward movement the stack is adapted to bring its uppermost band into contact with the adhesive-supplying and band conveying mechanism which will now be described, which receives the band and carries it rearwardly to a position over the band wrapping fingers 15 and 16 where it is held until stripped ofi the conveying mechanism by a cigar forced downwardly by the foot 12.

Fixed on the shaft 9 is a cam 22. At 23 is a cam lever having an upwardly extending arm 24 and a downwardly extending arm 25. On the arm 25 is mounted a roller 26 which rides against the cam 22 and is held against the same by the spring 27. The upper end of the arm 24: of the cam lever 23 is secured to a sliding rod 28 which is adapted to slidein a guide 29 secured on the frame 1. It will be apparent from the foregoing that the rod 28 1s reciprocated by means of the cam 22.

Secured on the rod 28 is a bracket 29 which depends downwardly from the rod 28 and is provided with a supporting pin 30. At its forward end the rod 28 is provided with a similar supporting pin 31. These pins 30 and 31 are provided with notched upper faces 32 for a purpose to be hereinafter mentioned.

Secured on the frame 1, as by screws 33,

is a curved tape guide 34 having an upper channel. 35 through which the used tape 36 passes and a lower channel 37 through which the unused tape 38 passes. The tape is in the nature of a continuous paper strip having one of its faces coated with a dry adhesive adapted to be moistened to cause bands to adhere to it and permit a transfer of the adhesive from the tape to the bands.

The unused tape is preferably in the form of a roller sup orted at any desired point below themac ine and is fed upwardly through the channels 37 in the guide 34.

At 39 is the band conveyor which is car ried by the rod 28 by reason of the fact that it is supported on the pins 30 and 31. At 40 is the water reservoir which holds water 41 or other liquid for moistening the adhesive coating on the tape. A moistening roller 42 is mounted to rotate on bearings 43 in the water reservoir and this roller is provided with an absorbent covering 44 intended to retain moisture for application to the tape. The tape passes upward through the tape guide 35 and through the channel 37 there in. From the uide the unused tape 38 extends over a rodler 45'mount-ed on the conveyor 39 and the tape then passes below a tension roller 46 rotatably .mounted in a weighted lever 47 pivoted on the conveyor 39. The roller 46 presses the tape against the absorbent covering 44 of the moistening roller 42 whereby the coated surface of the tape is moistened. The tape then passes forwardly to a roller 48'and passes under a foot or fiat nose 49 on the conveyor. This foot 49 acts as a backing for the tape, and the band stack 21 when carried upwardly brings its uppermost band in contact with that portion of the tape which lies below the foot 49 causing one end of the band to adhere to the tape and as the conveyor 39 is moved, a band adhering to the tape. is carried to the banding mechanism.

Means for shifting the tape on its support is provided so that each time the hand stack 21 is carried upward. its uppermost band will contact with a fresh section of tape situated below the foot 49.

The conveyor 39 is provided with a nose portion 50 in which is provided a recess 51 in which rests the supporting pin 31. In order to permit the conveyor to be adjusted relatively to its support and brought nearer to or further away from the reciprocating rod 28, the nose portion 50 of the conveyor is provided with a tooth 52 located within the recess 51 and this tooth may be placed into any one of the notches 32 on the pin 31 as disclosed in Figure 4. This shifting arrangement of the conveyor is provided to permit thesame to be properly positioned for bands of various lengths.

By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen that essee? provided in rods 30 and 31 so that the tapecarrying mechanism may be supported in any of a plurality of ositions relative to the band carrying meclianism and may be adjusted lengthwise relative to the bands so that the tape always cooperates with one end of the type of bands being used at the time regardless of the length of said bands.

At 53 is provided a tape clamping finger which is pivoted at 54 on a U-shaped bracket 55 and is normally held with its downwardly bent end 56 clamped down on the iised portion 36 of the tape. The finger 53 is held clamped down on said tape by means of a. spring 57. At 58 is shown a laterally extending pin which projects from the finger 53 and is adapted to be engaged by the inclined face 59 of a cami plate 60. This cam plate 60 is supported on its lower edge on a portion of the fixedi frame of the machine (not shown, in order to clarify the drawings) and is provided near one of its ends with a slot 61 in which fits a pin 62 extending from the bracket 29. At 63 is shown a tension device for the tape consisting of a weight 64 under which the tape slides and which rests in a supporting block 65 which is provided with laterally extending plns 65 and 66 to permit the same to be lifted out of its support 65. This weight 64 merely rests upon the used portion of the tape and tends to keep the same taut at all times.

From the foregoing, the operation of my improved band conveyor and adhesive supplying mechanism will be readily understood.

Through the movement of the rod 28 by reason of the cam mechanism 22, the band conveyor is moved forward and at the limit of its forward movement, it is located in position to receive the uppermost band in the stack 21 as the stack is carried upward and the uppermost band therein is brought into contact with that portion of the moistened adhesive coating of the tape situated on the foot 49.

The conveyor then moves backward so that it carries the band to a position above the band wrapping fingers 15 and 16 where the cigar resting on the table 13 is pressed downwardly by the foot 12 bringing the cigar against the band and stripping the band from the tape, forcing the band down on the folding fingers at which time they act to apply the band to the cigar.

On its forward movement, the conveyor 39 hesive coating shifts a fresh section of moistened tape under the foot 49. As the used portion of the tape is held from movement by the pressure of the finger 53, the forward movement of the conveyor 39 causes a portion of the moistened unused tape to be moved forward on the foot 49. As the forward movement of the conveyor 39 continues, the pm 62 reaches the end of its slot 61 in the cam plate 60, moving the cam plate and causing the band end 56 of the finger 53 to ride upwardly on the inclined cam face 59 of the cam plate 60 thus lifting the finger and permitting the slack in the used tape to pass under the finger and downward through the channel 35 of the tape guide and out of the machine. This shifting movement of the tape continues during operation of the machine providing a fresh section of tape for each band removed.

he stripping off of the hands by the contact of the cigar causes the moistened adof the strip to be removed by the band, leaving the adhesive on the band, and providing a means for securing together the over-lapped ends of the cigar band when the band is folded about a cigar.

From the foregoing it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the exact embodiment shown but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

l Vhat I claim is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a band stack, a movable adhesive tape, a support therefor, means for shifting the tape on its support, means for shifting the support, and means for bringing the band stack in contact with the adhesive tape.

2. A device of the class described comprising a band stack, a movable adhesive tape, a support for said tape, means for moving said support, means for shifting said tape relative to said support during the movement of the latter and means for moving the band stack to bring the uppermost band therein in contact with the tape.

3. A device of the class described comprising a continuous member carrying a coating of a dry adhesive, means for moistening said adhesive, a movable band carrier, means for bringing a band in said carrier in contact with the moistened coated surface whereby said band is received and carried by said strip.

4. A device of the class described comprising a continuous member having one of its surfaces coated with a dry adhesive, moistening means, means for intermittently shifting the member over said moistening means, band applying means, a band stack, means for bringing the band stack in contact with' the moistened coated face of the member and means for causing the member to carry a band from the stack to the band applying means.

5. A device of the classdescrihed comprising a continuous strip having an adhesive coated surface, means for moistening said surface, a support for said strip, means for reciprocating said support, a band stack, and means for causing said stack to bring its uppermostband in contact with said strip.

6. A device of the class described comprising band-applying means, a band stack and a movable adhesive strip adapted to carry bands from the band stack to the bandapplying means.

7. A device of the class described comprising band applying means, a band stack, a continuous adhesive strip, means for supporting said strip and means for causing said strip to carry bands from the band stack to the band-applying means.

8. A device of the class described comprising band applying means, an adhesivecoated strip, a support for said strip, a band stack, means for moving said band stack against said strip and means for reciprocating said strip support between the band stack to the band-applying means.

9. A device of the class described comprising a band stack, means for reciprocating the same, an adhesive strip, means for supporting said strip and carrying the same, means for causing said strip to remove a cigar band from the stack.

10. A device of the class described comprising a band stack, means for reciprocating the same, an adhesive strip, means for supporting said strip and carrying the same, means for reciprocating said strip-carrying means, whereby said strip is caused to remove a cigar band from the stack and carry the same.

11. A device of the class described comprising band applying means, a band stack, means for reciprocating said band stack, a movable strip having an adhesive coating, means for moistening said adhesive coating, supporting means for said strip, means for shifting said strip on its support, means for moving said strip supporting means in posit-ion to receive a band from the band stack on movement of the band stack to the strip.

12. A device of the class described comprising a band stack, a continuous adhesivecoated member for receiving bands from the stack, a support for said member, means for moving said support to and from the band stack and means for shifting said member on its support on the movement of the support towards the band stack.

13. A device of the class described 2nprising a band stack, a strip having a coated face adapted to receive successive bands from the band stack, a support for said strip, means 'for moving said support to and fromthe band stack, means for shifting said stri.) on its support on the moven'ient of salt support towards the band stack and means for moving the stack to bring a band therein incontact with said strip.

14. 1. device of the class described. comprising a continuous strip having an adhesive coating, a support for said strip, means for moving said strip relatively to its support, moistening means carried by the support and movable therewith for moistening the adhesive coating on the strip.

15. A device of the class described comprising a strip having an adhesive coating, a reciprocating member, a strip-support carried by said reciprocating member, tension means on said support through which said strip passes, means for intermittently shitting the tape on its support on movement of the reciprocating member in one direction. a band stack, and means for bringing the same in contact with a portion of said strip.

16. A device of the class described comprising an adhesive-coated strip, a support therefor having a fixed portiorpand a movable port-ion, means for moving said movable portion to and from the fixed portion, means for gripping a portion of said strip on movement of the movable portion away from the fixed portion and means for releasing said gripping mcans on movement of the movable portion towards the fixed portion.

17. In a device of the class described an adhesive tape, a guide over which said tape extends, shifting means for said tape comprising a member having rollers over which said tape is movable, means for moving said tape-shifting means to and from the guide and intermittent gripping mean-s for said tape.

18. In a device of the class described, an adhesive tape, a guide over which said tape extends, shifting means for said tape comprising a member having rollers .over which said tape extends, one of said rollers being adapted to apply moisture to said tape, means for intermittently gripping the tape and cam means carried by the shifting means for releasing said gripping means.

19. In a device of the class described. an adhesive tape, means for carrying said tape with a reciprocating movement, means for shifting said tape during its reciprocating movement, said means including means for intermittently gripping the tape and permitting movement thereof in one direction and means for intermittently releasing said gripping means.

20. In a device of the class described, a tape having an adhesive coating, means for bringing a band in contact therewith, means for moving the tape to cause it to carry and to be 22. In a machine of the character described, a traveling tape extending from a source of tape supply to a place of tape disposal, means for intermittently propelling said tape, said means comprising a recipro eating memberv adapted to support a loop of said tape, means for locking said tape against movement at a point between said member and said place of tape disposal, means for moving said member away from said locking means, whereby said movement of said member will cause said loop to lengthen and draw tape from said source of tape supply.

23. In a machine of the character de scribed, a traveling tape extending from a source of tape supply to a place of tape disposa means for intermittently feeding said tape, said means comprising a reciprocating member adapted to support a loop of said tape, means for locking said tape against movement at a point between said member and said place of disposal, means for moving said member alternatively first away from and then toward said locking means, means for actuating said locking means while said member moves away therefrom, whereby said member upon said first movement will cause said loop to lengthen by drawing tape from said source of supply.

24. In a machine of the character described, a traveling tape extending from a source of tape supply to a place of tape disposal, means for intermittently feeding said tape, said means comprising a reciprocating member adapted to support a loop of said tape, means for locking said tape against movement at a point between said member and said place of disposal, means for moving said member alternatively first away from and then toward said locking means, means for actuating said locking means while said member moves away therefrom, whereby said member upon said first movement will cause said loop to lengthen by drawing tape from said source of supply, and means for releasing said locking means while said member moves theretoward, whereby said member upon said second movement will permit said loop to shorten fed towards said place of disposal.

25. In a device of the character described, a traveling tape extending from a source of tape supply to a lace of tape disposal, means at a point ad acent said place of disposal for arresting the travel of the tape between said arresting means and the place of disposal, and means engaging said tape to draw a portion thereof into a loop formation between said arresting means an the source of tape supply, and means for simultaneously releasing said tape from said arresting and said engaging means to permit the portion which formed said loop to travel toward said place of tape disposal.

26. In a machine of the character described, a traveling tape extending from a source of tape supply to a place of tape disposal, means adjacent said place of disposal for locking said tape against movement, a reciprocating member adapted by movement in one direction to form a portion of said tape situated between said locking member and said source of tape supply into a loop by drawing tape from said source of tape supply and means simultaneously to release said locking means and to reverse the movement of said reciprocating member whereby said tape is permitted'to travel past said locking means toward said place of tape 80 disposal.

27. In a machine of the character described, a traveling tape extending from a source of tape supply to a place of tape disposal, means adjacent said place of disposal for locking said tape a ainst movement, a reciprocating member a apted by movement in one direction to form a portion of said tape situated between said locking member and said source of tape supply into a loop by drawing tape from said source of supply, and means simultaneously to release said locking means and to reverse the movement of said reciprocating member whereby said tape is permitted to travel past said locking means toward said place of disposal, an means upon said reciprocating member to frictionally engage said tape and to cause said reciprocating member to propel said tape toward said place of tape disposal when said locking means is released.

28. In a machine of the character described, a gum-tape, means for feeding said tape intermittently, means for maintaining a ortion of said tape stationary, and means for moving a portion of said tape while a portion of said tape is held stationary.

Signed at the city, county, and State of New York, this 22nd day of June 1921.

FRANCIS X. MALOGSAY. 

